Brace and tension device



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C. E. REDDIG.

BBACE AND TENSION DEVICE.

FILED APR. 23. 1920.

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Patented Feb. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

CHARLES E. REDDIG, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN 'ELEC- TRIO COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BRACE AND TENSION DEVICE.

Application filedl April as, 1920. Serial at. 376,025.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. REDDIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brace and Tension Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in brace and tension devices.

The invention has as its primary object the provision of a combined brace and tension rod provided with means for securing it to an article to be braced or placed under tension and with anchoring means so constructed that the rod may be used to resist a pushing or pulling force exerted by the article.

The invention has an another object the provision of a combined brace and tension rod which is adjustable and provided with anchoring means pivoted thereto so that the rod may be fixed at a plurality of different angles with respect to the article to be braced or placed under tension.

A further object of the present invention is to construct a combined brace and tension rod having an anchoring foot provided with spike portions for preventing movement-of the foot when the rod is used as a brace and with an opening to receive a screw, nail or the like to prevent movement of the anchoring foot when therod is used as a tension device.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated and described, the improved brace and tension rod is shown as applied to an electric motor, but it is to be understood that the rod is not limited to such an application and may be employed as a brace or tension device for a large variety of purposes without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates the invention employed as a brace rod for the stand of an electric motor, the spike portions of the anchoring foot being driven into the floor or surface supporting the motor stand and Fig. 2 illustrates the invention employed as a tension device connecting the stand of an electric motor and some immovable object.

Referring now to the drawings in detail in which like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views,

5 represents a tubular member or pipe, within which a rod 6 is slidably mounted having on its end a hooked portion 7 which serves as a means for attaching the rod to the article which is to be braced or placed under tension. The hooked portion 7 is illustrated as being fitted within one of a plurality of perforated ears 8 carried by a horizontally disposed table 9 supported upon a tripod standard 10, the table 9 having bolted thereto the casing of an electric motor 11. Referring to Fig. 1, a collar 12 is secured to the upper end of the pipe 5 for the purpose of thickening the wall thereof so that a screw-threaded opening may be formed through the collar and pipe to receive a wing-headed set-screw 13 which serves to lock the rod 6 in any adjusted position. The

lower end of the pipe 5 is flattened at 14 and pivotally mounted between two arallel cars 15 integral with a triangular-s aped footpiece 16, the corners of which are bent at right angles to form spike-feet 17.

In the arrangement shown in 1, the I cured to any suitable immovable object 18 by means of a suitable holding element, such as a nail 19, which is driven through an opening 20 made in said foot-piece.

Due to the pivotal connection betweenthe anchoring foot 16 and the pipe 5, the latter may be adjusted at the angle in which it best resists the tension or pushing force exerted against'it.

What is claimed is: p

1. In combination with a machine mount, a combined brace and tension device comprising an anchor plate having spiked feet and a hole therein whereby said plate may be secured in an immovable position, a tubular rod pivotally secured to lugs in said plate, a second rod slidably adjustable within said first rod and having a hook integral therewith and means for clamping said rods together.

2. In combination with a power device, a combined brace and tension rod comprising a pair of adjustable telescoping rods, one of said rods having a hooked member carried by one end, the other of said rods having an anchoring member pivotally attached to the other end thereof, said'anchoring member comprising a flat body portion having its Leeaaeo corners bent at an angle to form spiked feet, and said body portion having an opening 10 to-reeeive a suitable securing element and. means for clamping said rods together.

In Witness whereof; I'hereunto subscribe my name this 20th day of April, A. D. 1920.

CHARLES E. REDDIG. 

